N. Luindirien loc. “Blue Towers”

N. Luindirien, loc. “Blue Towers”

Another name for the Blue Mountains (Eredluin) from Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s translated “Blue Towers” (LR/267). It also appeared in The Etymologies as Lhúndirien, where its initial element was lhûn “blue” (Ety/LUG²). The meaning of its second element must therefore by “towers”, perhaps a Noldorized plural form of ᴹQ. tirion “tower”.

References ✧ Ety/LUG²; LR/267; LRI; WJI

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lhûn “blue” ✧ Ety/LUG²
#tirion “tower” soft-mutation plural ✧ Ety/LUG² (dirien)